[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): Fix text about int() with octal numbers. Closes #21212.
eric.smith
python-checkins at python.org
Mon Apr 14 13:46:46 CEST 2014
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/fb7bc8fe0d49
changeset: 90242:fb7bc8fe0d49
branch: 3.4
parent: 90240:05b3a23b3836
user: Eric V. Smith <eric at trueblade.com>
date: Mon Apr 14 07:41:52 2014 -0400
summary:
Fix text about int() with octal numbers. Closes #21212.
files:
Doc/faq/programming.rst | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst
--- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@
144`` and ``int('0x144')`` raises :exc:`ValueError`. ``int(string, base)`` takes
the base to convert from as a second optional argument, so ``int('0x144', 16) ==
324``. If the base is specified as 0, the number is interpreted using Python's
-rules: a leading '0' indicates octal, and '0x' indicates a hex number.
+rules: a leading '0o' indicates octal, and '0x' indicates a hex number.
Do not use the built-in function :func:`eval` if all you need is to convert
strings to numbers. :func:`eval` will be significantly slower and it presents a
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